Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
Farm. NOTES.

Cattle that are infested with lice will
not fatten, no matter how we'll fed they
may be.
When a brood SOW proves good and
| careful mother, keep her, and do not dis
card her for lighter and younger one
because the old is large and heavy.
The best grain food for young colt is
ground or whole oats. A feed of oats
pasture, will keep the colt in good growing
condition.
There is no necessity for filthy hog
pen. If cleaned out twice week the
manure can lie composted, and will keep
in better condition, while the health of
the swine will be materially promoted.
Holstein cattle seea to be giving SPLEEN
did satisfaction in all parts of the world,
says an exchange. If man desires to
buy cattle for milk, butter, cheese and
beef, Holsteins fill the bill, no matter
where he lives, so he have feed for them.
With q heifer just coming to milk the
| period of flow should be made as long as
possible or desirable by feeding especial
ly TO that end, and when once establish
| ed will be very likely to be continued
When this is not done it often results
in short mixer, and is reason why
| there are SO many of that class.
Farms III some sections of Pennsylva-
MIA maintain the fertility of their soils by
applying 1GO bushels of Stacked lime to
| the acre once in five years. 1t Is said
| fields which have been subjected TO this
| treatment for the past 100 years are as
productive now as when the experiment
was first tried. This application depends
| for its value much upon the original
! character of the soil.
When lambs are well at night and are
| found dead in the morning the result is
| sometimes due to forced and high feeding,
inducing fatty degeneration of the heart.
! Overproduction OF fat, with a deficiency
| of bone and muscle, is very injudicious
| treatment, and may be avoided by feeding
| material Astounding in ph0sphates and
nitrogen rather than in fat and starch.
Prof. Caldwell says that some expert
ments made with common salt proved
that the soil of grass plot which had
! been dressed with it was found to con-
| tain, ten days after a rain had fallen on
| it, twice as much water as an adjoining
| plat which had received no salt. The
| plants on the sailed portion were grow
| ing vigorously, while those on the un-
sailed plat were suffering from drouth
But do not apply too much. One bar
rel per acre is enough.
Never place the perches in the hen
| house one above another or one higher
| than another. Fowls usually keep go
| ing up until they reach the highest perch
| If there should not be room enough for
| all, the strong will crowd the week ones
| off. Perches should not be more than
three feet high. Heavy chickens often
hurt themselves by jumping off high
perches. Round smooth poles with legs
to them make good perches, and are east
| Iy moved to clean.
| Sheep are less liable to disease than
| hogs, and are subject to smaller risks
| than cattle. Sheep multiply fast, and
returns come from them quickly. The
lamb dropped in March will bring a
! large price in August. If kept till the
| following May it will give fleece of
| wool. The owner of well man
aged flock of sheep will have wool to
sell in the latter part of spring, lambs in
| midsummer and mutton at other times
in the year. In addition to these he can
keep his table supplied with fresh meat.
The best horses in the wo rid for ligh
service are bred in the United States; in
deed, it may be said that this country
| yields a better class of horses for all
work than does any other on the globe;
but, beyond all question. our road horses
are signally superior to those of any 9TH
er land. There is money, good sub
| stantial money, nor that in small guam
tity, in breeding horses well, with a fix ed
end in view; every farmer has, or may
| have, good mare; 1t may not be one of
| great intrinsic value, but mare of good
points, well spirited, good on the road,
we'll modelled as dam, with room to
| carry and nourish her foal. This mare
is capable of doing good service in breed
ing, equally with what she renders in
! othrr labors for her owner.